MasterChef Korea (Korean: 마스터셰프 코리아) is a South Korean competitive reality television cooking show based on the British television cooking game show MasterChef. The first season premiered on O'live Network on 27 April 2012. It ran for four seasons and ended on 19 May 2016.

MasterChef Korea
GenreCooking
Judges
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of seasons4
Production
Executive producerSeok Jeong-ho
ProducerKim Kyung Su
Running time75 minutes
Original release
NetworkO'live
ReleaseApril 27, 2012 (2012-04-27) –
May 19, 2016 (2016-05-19)

The winner of MasterChef Korea received 300 million won, shopping credits, a refrigerator and their own cookbook.

Season Summary

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  Male contestants
  Female contestants

Season 1: 27 April – 20 July 2012

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  • Winner: Kim Seung-min (김승민)

In the preliminary stages, participants had to prepare a dish and present it to the judges (i.e. Kim Sohyi, Kang Leo [ko] and Noh Hee-young), who would decide if they would advance to the next stage and receive their white aprons. 39 people qualified and were then immediately put through a skills test in cutting onions and an invention test with the ingredient tofu. The remaining top 15 contestants were then put through a series of tests to determine the winner of MasterChef Korea.

Contestants

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Contestant Age Occupation Hometown Status Place
Nom Seong-seok (놈성석) 45 Businessman Seoul 1st eliminated 20th
Lim Ji-sung (임지성) 21 Law student Gwangju 2nd eliminated -
Park Ji-hyun (박지현) 26 Actress Seoul 3rd eliminated 19th
Kim Woo-seok (김우석) 35 Football teacher Busan 4th eliminated 18th
Ho Hye-neon (호혜언) 65 Retired Jeju 5th eliminated 17th
Park Yu-tong (박유통) 36 Dentist Ulsan 6th eliminated 16th
Kim Da-nang (김다낭) 31 Fashion designer Busan 7th eliminated 15th
Yeong Ho-baek (영호백) 31 Bus driver Gwangmyeong 8th eliminated -
Si Mang-ha (서만하) 41 English teacher Incheon 9th eliminated 14th
Lee Na-sang (이나상) 19 Gastronomy student Seoul 10th eliminated 13th
Choi Wang-seok (최왕석) 53 Lawyer and businessman Daegu 11th eliminated 12th
Dong Ji-min (동지민) 22 Medicine student Seoul 12th eliminated 11th
Lim Ji-sung (임지성) 21 Law student Gwangju 13th eliminated 10th
Yeong Ho-baek (영호백) 34 Bus driver Gwangmyeong 14th eliminated 9th
Lim Seo-min (임서민) 29 Stylist and tattoo artist Incheon 15th eliminated 8th
Kim Tae-song (김태성) 44 Science teacher Busan 16th eliminated 7th
Ho Seung-kyu (호승규) 32 Artist and actress Seoul 17th eliminated 6th
Park Ha-joo (박하주) 36 Model Ansan 18th eliminated 5th
Lim Seok-seung (임석승) 43 Math teacher Incheon 3rd finalist 4th
Kim Bo-jung (김보정) 36 Tattoo artist Seoul 2nd finalist 3rd
Lee Da-eun (이다은) 41 Merchant Ulsan Runner-up 2nd
Kim Seung-min (김승민) 38 Systems engineer Incheon Winner 1st

Season 2

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  • Season 2: 10 May – 2 August 2013
    • Winner: Choi Kang-rok (최강록)

Contestants

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Contestant Age Occupation Hometown Status Place
Kim Yu-ju (김유주) 32 Food seller Ansan 1st eliminated 16th
Lee Hee-won (이희원) 36 English teacher Seoul 2nd eliminated -
Hong Hyuk-jin (홍혁진) 59 Retired Gimpo 3rd eliminated 15th
Kim Seon-min (김선민) 32 Basketball player Suwon 4th eliminated 14th
Lee Tae-reum (이태름) 55 Merchant Busan 5th eliminated 13th
Kim Mi-eun (김미은) 41 School principal Seoul 6th eliminated 12th
Yoon Hwang-seo (윤황서) 19 Medicine student Daegu 7th eliminated -
Cho Ye-rim (조예림) 28 Baker Ulsan 8th eliminated 11th
Kim Seo-hyung (김서형) 32 Dancer Jeju 9th eliminated 10th
Oh Ye-na (오예나) 33 Spanish teacher Busan 10th eliminated 9th
Bae Hyung-gul (배형걸) 47 Biochemical Guri 11th eliminated 8th
Yui Asai (아사이 유이) 28 Nurse Japan 12th eliminated 7th
Yu Xiao-qi (유샤오치) 52 Fruit seller China 13th eliminated 6th
Lee Hee-won (이희원) 36 English teacher Seoul 14th eliminated 5th
Miku Nakamura (나카무라 미쿠) 21 Trainee Japan 3rd finalist 4th
Hwang Eun-hyun (황은현) 28 Actor and dancer Seongnam 2nd finalist 3rd
Yoon Hwang-seo (윤황서) 19 Medicine student Daegu Runner-up 2nd
Choi Kang-rok (최강록) 42 Fisherman Incheon Winner 1st
  • Season 3: 10 May – 2 August 2014
    • Winner: Choi Kwang Ho (최광호)[1]
  • Season 4: 3 March – 19 May 2016
    • Winner: Kim Jung Hyun (김정현)

References

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  1. ^ Briedis, Cassandra (6 August 2015). "MasterChef Korea won by Sydney hospitality student". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
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